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from his bed and thrown out of the door as one
might throw sack of me.l. His. brothers
ana two sisters, frenzied at this inhu-
m mAn act, attacked the police with sticks
aud stones, .'ut were overpowered and arrested
for assaulting officers of the law. Michael Davitt
and Mr.. Cox found that the evctors had, IN their
excess OF zeal, evicsed one tenant who had paid
his rent and immediately formulated notice to
hls landlord that the mans election
Was illegal, and warning him that action
would be taken against him for
illegal eviction. In accomplishing tho fourth
eviction the police, to avoid the shower of hot
meal and filthy water. procured umbrellas, un-
der which they walked to the house, closely COW
cred by platoon of police with rifles aimed.
Messrs. Dillon, Cox and Sheehy, members OF
Parliament, addressed the people, counselling
them to resort to any means of resistance availa
BILE The persons arrested for disturbance were
subsequently liberated.
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Russia Serves Notice on Turkey.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, June Count De Monte
bello and NJ. Nelidoff, the French and Russian
ambassadors respectively. have lodged obiec-
tions of their governments to the ratification by
Turkey of the Anglo-Turkish convention relative
to Egypt
NJ. Nelidoff, in communicating his govern
ment's objections, hihted that if the Sultan rati-
fed the convention, such action might cost him
his throne. He also indirectly charged England
with bribing the grand Vizier with f600, 900,
and other palace officials with large amounts. in
order to secure their approval of the convention.
The Sultan a.fter his interview with Nj. Nelidoff.
hurriedy summoned Sir Henry Drummond
Wolff, the special British envoy with reference
to Egypt and questioned him to the truth of
these charges. Sir Henry Indignantly denied
that he his government had been guilty of
hrihery
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Three Murders and "A Suicido.

HURON, .. t., June 6-Simeon Nelson shot
and killed Mrs. Shaw, her son. aged about ff
teen, and her sister. Miss Lyman, aged about
twenty-five, this morning. The tragedy was the
result OF contest over a tree claim which had
peen decided in favor of Mira Shaw. Nelson
also shot man named Kilsey through the body,
fatally wonnding him. Mr.. Lyman was with
the party, but escaped by getting behind team.
After the shooting Nelson returned home, and !,
placing the muzzle of his rife to his head, blew
out his own brains. The crime was committed
about twelve miles from this place.
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

Canada's Protective Policy Severely Criti-
cised by London Newspaper.
LONDON, June 6.-The Standard this morn
ing reads Canada a severe lesson for increasing
her duties iron and steel, which, 1t says, is a
selfish policy, and can only tend to sunder the
colonies from the mother country. "The in
crease was made," it says. son the hollow pre-
tense of desire TO check the rapid increase of
trade with the United States in our favor. We
decline the offer with thanks We do not want
our trade fostered at the expense of our neigh
bors, even if it could be done; but it cannot be
done in that way. The interest OF Canada is to
foster traje with the United States by every
means in its power. The freer the trade is on
the Canadian side, the larger will 1t be- in spite
of the insane tariff of the United States, and
the larger the trade with the United States. the
ris ter will the Canadian people become, and the
1nots business will they do with other coun-
<~.a
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A GREAT RAILROAD ENTERPRISE.

Russia Proposes to Build g Line from St
Petersburg to Pelin.
Paris Correspondence New York Graphic.
You may not have already learned that the
Council of the Russian empire has just decided
upon enterprise that viii doubtless prove the
greatest undertaking OF the twentieth century,
yet such, am assured. is the fact refer to
the construction of q railroad from st. Peters
burg to Pekn.
This tremendous enterprise is not, of course.
entered upon for the benefit of the travelling
public. State and trade reasons the
only ones that have suggested it. Russia
wishes to be able to carry out her pet
scheme of Asian conquest more readily. and also
to divert the current of commerce now flowing
towards the Pacific, and which the British are
endeayoriug to turn towards Burmah, and the
French towards Tonquin in the direction of 81
beria the Ural and Russia in Europe. Siberia
is EsS@yided with enormous rivers, all navIRaoie,
aud already traversed by quite fleet OF steam
crafts. 1t is to connect these silent highways
open to navigation for nearly wo.thirds OF the
year-that the first sections OF this immense line
of railroad will be laid.
The news of this decision the part OF the
Council is said to have already caused the great
est excitement among the Siberians. The cities
yyng with each other il offers of money and
other inducements to secure the construction of
the road through their territorial limits and thus
secure for them permanent prosperity. The ex-
pense of building such a line will be less than
might at first be supposed. No land will have to
be purchased, labor is what may be termed dirt
Cheap and in some localities the cities have Of
fered to pay the navvies while the country is SO
Hat that costly engineering works will be nee
essary. Besides, mines abound in Siberia, and
iron is abundant. The labor of Russian exiles
can be utilized in the great work, and Chinese
help will also be readily obtainable. In short,
the construction of such line of railway will
present far fewer serious obstacles than were en-
couptered in laying the iron bands that unite the
Atlantic and Pacific slopes of the American con-
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THIS EVENING?

"Do you 90 TO the opera this EVENING" Not
this EVENING" Some other EVENING"" Suit
yourself-Dress-Suit yourself. in fact You
can do it for one night two or all nights,
Just as you choose to rent or buy. This as to
clothes.
AS to Shirts. these you viii have to buy
outright, but the consolation is that you will
know you are getting them at lover price
than any place else in this market affords.
We have a full line of Full dress Shirts,
white, plain and fancy. Neckwear to match.
At trifing cost you may, though you toll
not nor spin, be arrayed like the lilies of the
field.
OF course you will enjoy the opera much
more in one of those shirts than without one,
and in case you don't 60 to the opera you will
enjoy this weather more with-one of these
shirts.
Come get inside one
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Continuation of Exciting Scenes at Bo-
dyke, but Nothing Serious Results.
English Disgust Over Canadas Protective Pol
icy-Russia Will Not Consent to the Rat
ification of the Anglo-Turkish Treaty.
LOST IN A. CYCLONE.

The Steamer John Lawrence and 13O Pas
sengers Go Down in q Cyclone.
CALCUTTA, June 6-It has been proved be-
yoEd doubt, by the picking up of the captains
chest. that the steamer John Lawrence was lost
in the recent cyclone off this coast The steamer
carried 730 passengers, and it is believed the
whole number were lost. The largest part of
the passengers were native ladies, who were
going to Juggernaut, in Orissa to celebrate the
Juggernaut festival. The catastrophe has cast
feeling of gloom over the Hindoo community
here and all the best families are in mourning
for relatives friends who were among the
passepcers
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vII Retire from nustness.

Special to the Indianapolis journal
BALTIMORE, Md, June 6-The Merchants
Marine Insurance Company, of Baltimore. which
was Incorporated in 1876, with capital of $780,
600, will 60 out of business The stockholders
voted to-day to wind MP its affairs at An
examination of the assets and liabilities of the
concern shows that. after paving all indebted
ness, there will be $4,000 aud above the
capital to distribute among the stockholders.
The reason given for the dissolution is that the
small capital of the company prevented equal
competition with the gigantic companies
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Mr.. Parnell,s Health.

LONDON, June 6-Mr Parnell made his ap-
pearance in the House of Commons this morn
ing. He is much improved in health and spirits.
and has gained greatly in flesh during the Whit
suntide The Conservative members sign
ing roundrobin urging the government to
make vigorous attempt to put an end to the
debate on the coercion bill.
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workingmen refused TO accept the doctrines OF
the George and socialistic organizations. Inc
resolutions say the Socialists of this city tried
force themselves and their theories upon Mr.
OBrien aud the Irish Land League, regardless
of the result to the cause of tho League BY
this trick the doctrines of socialism, nihiilsm
and anarchism would be given to the Irish people
as the opinion of New York workipgmen. 1t
was only one of the series of attempts to capt
ure the Labor party. It regretted that
good men were misled by these designing agi-
taforS.
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Probably q Lilo.

MADRID, June Cit is reported that hidden
treasure to the value of eos, 900, 900 has been
discovered in the palace of a deceased vizier at
Rabat Morocco. The Sultan. it is said. confs-
Gated the treasure. and is having it conveyed to
the imperial Golfers.
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Editor O.Brien Commended.

NEW YORK, June Ga meeting of delegates
from each of the assembly districts of the city.
representing the Union Labor party. met TO-
night. Resolutions were adopted commencing
the refusal of Editor O'Brien TO be led into any
alliance with the Socialists, Communists or
Anarchists. and saying that true American
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and ills Believed that 730 Passengers and
all the Crew We're Lost in q Cyclone.
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The Hon. w. w. Corcoran Suffering from
aSlight Stroke of ApopleXy.
The Grant Relics in the National Museum,
and the Attention Given Them by Visitors
Other Items of Washington News.
THE LATE WILLIAM A. wHEE LER-

The Dead Mans Instructions Concerning
HIS Coffin and Pail li-Bearers
MALONE, n. Y, June 6.-The body OF Mr..
Wheeler will lie in the vestbule of she Conere-
gntional Church, on Tuesday, from 1870 A. n.
until 1915 p. " All business will be suspended
in Malone on Tuesday. A guard of hcaor from
the Twenty-sevonth Company will attend the
body while at the church.
Some two years ago Mr.. Wheeler placed .
marble casket bssde the remains of his wife in
his lot in the Malone cemetery. He left with his
brother-in -in-law, Howard E. King, written in
structions to have a casket of oak made for the
reception of his body, and selected pall-benr-
ers, d. w. Lawrence. ii. FL. Thompson. H. A
Taylor. w. A. Short. c. G.. Gleason and T. r.
Kane. all old friends. Governor Hill has sent a
telegram of sympathy. and regrets his inability
to be present at the funeral
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A FRIGHTFUL LOSS OF LIFE

Full Confirmation of the Reported Loss
of a Steamer i'm the Indian Ocean.
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An Order from the President.
TAsHINGToN, June 6.-The following was

WASHINGTON, June 6.-The following was
issued to-day:
Executive Order.
WASHINGTON, d. c., June 6, 1887.
BY direction of the President it is ordered that a
mark of public respect to the memory of the late
William A. Wheeler, ex-Vice- president of the United
States. the flags upon all public buildings in this city
be displayed at half mast throughout tomorrow the
7th inst. the day of the funeral Of the deceased.
By the President.
T. f. BAYARD. Secretary of State
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REFDERICK WILLIAM.
The Crown Princes Relations with Kaiser
William.

The Crown Princes Relations with Kaiser
william.
New York, June 6.-The Worlds London
cable says: The Crown Princes throat trouble
is improving but the full extent Of the improve
ment will not be known until DIR. Morrell Mac
kenzie visits Berlin again this week. 1t is
strange to note the prevalence of the popular
superstition in Germany that the Crown Prince
will never succeed to the throne There
prediction made many years ago, in which the
Emperor is said to have implicit faith This is,
that he will die at the age of ninety and that
his son will not succeed him. This explains his
devotion to his grandson. correspondent
writing from Berlin, in speaking of this atten-
ton upon the part of the Emperor to Prince
William says: Il 90 not say it is affection, for
the Emperor loves no one. He is too exclusively
a sovereign TO love anyone sbut himself. AS
sovereign, he adores Bismarck. but as man he
palace, aud the Emperor visits his
sons residence only year
A curious feature of their relations
was the frequency of the Emperors visits to
Prince Williams house, as the mslady of the
Crown Prince appeared TO be on the increase
heart. He is the rigorous dashine father of
four sons. while the Grown Prince has only two.
He is thorough type OF the "Junker' officer
He is all soldier, reckless, hot blooded and con-
tinua,ly in scrapes, from which the Emperor is
always ready to help him. He is as near as pos
sible to the type of Bismarck when he was
young. Upon the Emperor's birthday the
Crown Prince came to his fathers palace
foot, with his hands in the pockets of his dress
uniform trousers. Prince William came last in
a state carriage, drawn by six horses. This
pleased the Emperor that he stood at the win
dow at the Princes departure and had him drive
past ths palace twice. Kaiser William is
more active than ever, and goes to breakfasts,
dinners and reviews in q way that would fatigue
most men. The physicians attached to his per-
son. and who do not leave him day night say
that he will die suddenly from diarrhea, which
they will be unable to check This is the
trouble from which he suffers nearly every fall.
DIR. Mackenzie Again Summoned to Berlin.
LONDON, June 6.-Dr. Mackenzie, the emi-
nent specialist, whose examination.of the throat
of Crown Prince Frederick William Of Prussia
led him to declare his patients trouble in no de-
gree dangerous and to refute the suggestion that
he was afflicted with cancer started for Berlin
to-day to make another examination and, per
haps perform another operation. 1t was under
stood here that DR. Mackenzie himself had pro-
nounced the patient in further need of his
services and his unexpected departure for Berlin
has increased the suspicion to almost positive
belief that the Crown Prince is in critical con-
dition.
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THE DEAD YICE-PRESIDENT
The Remains Will Lie in State Two
Hours, Attended by a Guard of Honor.

Mr. Wheeler Left Instructions About His Cof
fin and Also Selected the Pall-Bearers-
Executive Order from the President.
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WHEN INDICATIONS.

TUESDAY-Fair weather; stationary tenn
perature.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-18

He probably was annoyed by some
white men on one of his trips, but ht
had not been injured or long detained
The negroes, it was said, in one
part of Sumter county did not dare tt
sleep at home, but congregated each
night at the cabin of one of their num-
ber, where they had been repeatedly
fired upon. Some of the negroes neal
the place where Ivy was murdered
had been alarmed for a few days
after the occurrence, and had spent
two or three nights together. But they
had not been molested, and since had
regained their composure. There had
been no alarm for months before the
report was published.
Apparently the most important OF
these stories recounted the floating of
a raft down the Tombigbee river with
the bodies of five murdered negroes
upon it. In this case the date, names
of witnesses and many startling par
ticulars were given in detail. went
to the place; | interviewed the wit
nesses named and many others, and
devoted great deal Of time to the in
quiry. The story seemed to have been
made entirely out of whole cloth.
Nobody had even heard anything
about it. 1t was invented expressly
for political effect in the North.
This ended my hunting for Ku
KluX in Western Alabama. 1 heard
soon after my return that the United
States troops had been ordered back
to Atlanta, and l believe that no sol
diers were ever afterward sent to Ala
bama on similar political duty"
Since 1894 the State has enjoyed con-
tinued quiet, and is now experiencing
a period OF prosperity in which the
whole country rejoices.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-18
Press Opinions.

Politicians of the Foraker type can
not smother the common sense of the
men who fought for the preservation
of the Union.-LPhiladelphia Record,
Ind.
Mr.. John G. New says that Blaine
is the Republican jonah" This
statement is probably true, but it will
not prevent Blaine's denomination.
The Republican party ceased to dis
play the wisdom of the serpent some
time ago.-[St. Louis Post-Dispatch :,
Dem.
1t takes prohibition campaign to
show what the best citizens of COM
munity think of each other. They
think nothing of denouncing each
other as fanatics" Glars" "paid
hirelings" and all that sort of thing.
This style of argument leaves wounds
that are never healed Atlanta Con-
stitution, Dem.
The Colorado ranchman and settler
who lives near the Ute is pretty GER
tain to waste no love on him. The
cowboys would be ready for shooting
on the slightest excuse. Nobody who
knows him has any use for the Ute.
But there are so few of them-less
than 5000 all told-that the govern
ment ought to be able to keep them
on their reservations, and not let
them be the tempting targets for their
enemies, the lawless whites Buffalo
Express, Rep.
The Hartford Courdnt has a good
word for Southern newspapers "They
are unusually clean," says our con-
temporary. "They do not pander in
their news gatherings to the taste of
salacious readers" This has always
been thorough characteristic OF the
best Southern journals, and no enter
prise or unusual activity such as the
phrase "New South" suggests, has
changed in it the slightest degree. In
this particular our Southern contem-
poraries need no improvement
Washington Post.
There is no tax more lust than a
! graded, Or Progressive tax on incomes.
1t takes from those only who have
something to pay. The people with
large incomes require commensurate
| pTOltCtlOl lTOiu tlc law anu lTOIn 30
ciety. They should pay accordingly.
The poor have hard time at best.
They should be exempt. An income
tax is no more premium upon per-
jury" as is often said, than is the
duty on imports or the tax on personal
property. 1t must enter into any en-
lightened scheme OF tax reform. New
| York Weld. Dem
The attention that is now being law
ished upon member of English no.
bility of questionable character by the
leaders of Newport society shows how
low the moral standard is among
those who should be the best repre-
sentatives of American social life. In
this instance title is held to condone
not only gross offense, but shame
full abandonment. In other cases the
possession of wealth is regarded as a
sufficient justification of its questiona-
BILE procurement. And yet those who
have adopted this convenient code
claim to be the fine flower of American
civilization. Il Boston Herald Qnd)
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-18

their residence among the South
ern people disagreeable, and the
captain told me confidfntially, it was
entirely unnecessary. His force had
been at Livingston several weeks,
having been ordered their from their
comfortable barracks at Atlanta. Sent
at the height of an exciting political
campaign, the people, white and black
looked upon them as a part of the
machinery of the "Radical" party to
carry the election. Officers and men
abstained from all participation in
politics, refusing to discuss the sub
ject with citizens, but the white peo-
pie hated them in spite of their ef-
forts to make their stay as little OBJ
! noxious as possible. The Captain
told me that he had seen no evidence
of lawlessness or disorder; people
were attending to their ordinary bus
mess.
But the Captain gave me one clue
A colored mail-agent. he said, on the
railroad between Chattanooga and
Meridian was assassinated several
months ago, and some United States
detectives from Washington had re-
Gently arrested two young white men,
few miles from Livingston, whom
they accused of having been concerned
in this murder, and had taken them
to Mobile for examination before a
Federal commissioner. For all the
particulars of this case, with which
he personally had had nothing to do,
the Captain referred me to the detec-
tives who had an Office in the court
house.
This building has been constructed
on the same model as hundreds of
other court-houses in the South. 1t
was in the center Of the village, and
surrounded by yard containing per-
haps an acre of ground. A street ex-
tended along each side of the yard,
and another started from the center
Of each side and extended at right
angels out into the country. The
building itself was of wood, square,
thirty or forty feet each way, two
stories high, with roof sloping from
a central point to each of the four
walls. A post stood by the door upon
which there was bell much smaller
than that Of a locomotive. No paint
had ever adorned the building inside
or out, and the woodwork and rude
furniture of the small rooms into
which the greater part Of the court
house was divided had been carved
and hacked by the jack-knives of idle
loungers, and darkly stained by the
expectorations of many generations OF
tobacco-chewers.
On the door of an upper room in
the court house l found piece OF
cardboard on which was written
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-18

The report OF the Director of the
Mint for the last fiscal year shows the
total production of gold in the United
States to have reached in value $34,
1868, 900, an increase of ~, ,068,0 900 over
the previous year. California pro-
duced $14, 725 900; Colorado, "a, ,450,-
900; Montana, $4,425, 600; Nevada
So 900, 900; Dakota, ~, zoo, 900; Idaho,
81 10000 and Arizona, lilo, 900.
Even distant and hyperborean Alaska
contributes $446,000. Miscellaneous
81 ,127 900. The report is encouraging
for the yearly supply Of gold.